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Controversy has recently arisen over the carbon-neutral promotion plan presented by the Korea Forest Service.

Since trees over 30 years old do not absorb carbon well, the plan was to cut down 300 million trees and then plant young trees to absorb carbon well.

As a result, as the old trees disappeared, an ugly bare mountain was revealed, and amid controversy over whether the policy direction was correct, we decided to review the policy from the beginning.

In addition to this, there are some points to point out in the business of cutting trees and planting trees.



First, reporter Jang Se-man covered the problems of government policy.



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A 45-year-old forest with an area of ​​30 hectares and 40 soccer fields in a mountainous area where large-scale logging is in progress, bare soil from the top to the feet.




In another hillside where logging was carried out last year, all larch trees that have grown for nearly 35 years have disappeared.



Even now, through forest cultivation or thinning, it can be turned into a rain forest where beautiful trees grow.



[Park Seong-hyeon/CEO of Forest Corporation: If it is grown for another 50 to 60 years, the log value is quite good, so I hope that rapid and reckless logging should be avoided (I think.)] More



than two-thirds of our land's forests are owned by ordinary people.



Due to various regulations for forest conservation, the owners of the forest had no way to make an income from the forest, and therefore had little will to grow the forest.



Therefore, the government and local governments are providing subsidies for 90% of the cost of reforestation.



The more trees are planted, and the more often they are cut and planted, the larger the subsidy amount.



It is said that shortening the cycle of cutting and planting trees is beneficial for agrofores.



[Forest Cooperative Official: (The forest owner) doesn't know that once a decision (logging) is made, it will take 30 to 40 years, and they say they give it at least (that's why it's tempting.)] A



forest economic study that the current subsidy system reduces the logging cycle The results also came out.



In the case of large subsidies, buyers can maximize profits by cutting down trees when they are 40 to 50 years old and selling them.



[Yunyeochang / Seoul National Forest hwangyeonghakgwa Professor: (you) to see and hold the tree to go to develop a new system that supported me those sanju raising big tree attracts the policy -



30 - beyond the old '40 holt public ecological services The current subsidy system needs to be revamped if it is to lead to a forest where it is possible.



(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, Kim Seong-il, video editing: Park Jin-hoon, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)



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